eudemonia

See also: eudemonią

English

Alternative forms

• eudaemonia, eudæmonia
• eudaimonia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονία (eudaimonía), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “spirit, genius, demon”) + -ία (-ía, “feminine abstract substantive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌjuːdɪˈməʊnɪə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

eudemonia (uncountable)

1. Happiness, well-being.
2. (philosophy) A person's state of excellence characterized by objective flourishing across a lifetime, and brought about through the exercise of moral virtue, practical wisdom, and rationality.

Related terms

• eudaemon
• eudaemonic
• eudaemonism

Translations

person's state of excellence characterized by objective flourishing across a lifetime

• Polish: eudajmonia (pl) f

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20050105215630/http://www.ece.uncc.edu/succeed/journals/PDF-files/tte2-15.pdf
• http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek εὐδαιμονία (eudaimonía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛw.dɛˈmɔɲ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɔɲja
• Syllabification: eu‧de‧mon‧ia

Noun

eudemonia f

1. (Ancient Greece, philosophy) Alternative form of eudajmonia

Declension

Declension of eudemonia

	singular
nominative	eudemonia
genitive	eudemonii
dative	eudemonii
accusative	eudemonię
instrumental	eudemonią
locative	eudemonii
vocative	eudemonio

Related terms

adjectives

• eudemonistyczny

 

nouns

• eudemonista
• eudemonistka
• eudemonizm
• eudemonologia

 

Further reading

• eudemonia in Polish dictionaries at PWN